24 right-handed females were assessed on left-moving after participating in a study wherein they were pretested on hypnotic susceptibility and absorption and then attended “nonanalytically” for 20 sessions. Although no significant correlations were found between left-moving and other variables, further analyses indicated a non-linear relationship between left-moving and susceptibility, absorption and self-rated “depth” of attending.
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